Ruth Diskin Films - Israeli Mosaic

Leibowitz: Faith, Country and Man

(Doc., Mini Series 60 min x 3, DVD, 2013 - New Release)

Written & Directed by: Uri Rosenwaks & Rinat Klein
Produced by: Haim Slutzky & Dana Cohen – Dana Productions
Sponsored by: Israel Channel 8, AviChai Foundation & Rabinovich Foundation for Cinema
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles

Raging prophet, iconoclastic philosopher, scientist a social critic - and an Orthodox Jew, Yeshayahu Leibowitz confronted Israeli society with both moral and social courage - his words are still alive, provocative and ever-so relevant to the fate of Israel.

DVD Release Date: 02 June 2013

My Herzl

(Doc 52 min. miniDV/DVD, 2013 - New Release)

Written & Directed by: Eli Tal-El
Produced by: Tal-El Productions & Willit Productions, Canada
Language: Hebrew and English
Subtitles: English, German and Spanish

An intimate and unexpected documentary about the private life of Theodor Herzl. An unconventional documentary which is also a personal look at the man who inspired so many – and his legacy which is still under debate.

DVD Release Date: 01 July 2013

Pursued

(Doc. 51 and 60 min. DVD/BETA, 2012 - New Release)

Written & directed by: Menachem Roth
Produced by: Ron Ofer – Ron Ofer Films
Sponsored by: The Makor Foundation, The Gesher Foundation & The Second Authority for Radio & TV, Israel
Languages: Yiddish and Hebrew with English subtitles

a courageous self-portrait, where the camera becomes a weapon of entrapment as well as an instrument of redemption in the painful chain of sexual abuse.

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$ 29.90

All Happy Mornings

(Doc. 60 min. miniDV/DVD, 2013 - New Release)

Written and Directed by: Omer Yefman
Produced by: Ari Davidovich – Hypermedia Films
Sponsored by: Israel Channel 8, MAKOR Foundation
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles

A personal journey into bisexual life. While documenting his relationship with Chen, a rising rock star and facing the pressure all around him, the filmmaker tries to find a way to feel complete without having to explain - and without feeling guilty.

DVD Release Date: 01 July 2013

Special Interview

(Doc, 55 min. HDCam/DVD, 2012 - New Release)

Written and Directed by: Nitzan Rozenberg
Produced by: SHALVA – Asaf Finkelstein and in association with Ynet
Language: Hebrew and English with English subtitles

Two young people with disabilities become star reporters in this uplifting documentary. They have interviewed many well-known personalities but their dream is to interview President Barak Obama. A journey where they pursue their dream and allow us a peek into their unique world.

DVD Release Date: 01 April 2013

Home Movie

(Doc. 54 min. and 62 min. HDCAM/DVD, 2012 - New Release)

Written, directed and produced by: Reuven Brodsky
Sponsored by: YESDocu & The New Foundation for Israeli Cinema
Languages: Russian and Hebrew with English subtitles

The final chapter in the breakdown of the director's family – one of many who did not survive the trials of immigration.

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$ 29.90

Days of Youth

(Doc, 57 min. DVD/digibeta, 2012 - New Release)

Directed by: Pascal Roy and Leonardo Cohen
Directed and Produced by: Roy & Cohen Productions
Languages: Spanish and Hebrew with English subtitles

A film that sheds light upon the HaShomer Ha'Tsair movement and unveils a little known chapter in the history of Mexican Judaism and its role in the creation of the State of Israel.

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$ 29.90

Jean Wejnoon

Genies and Madness

(Doc, 87 min. DVD/DVCam, 2011)

Written & directed by: Mamdooh Afdile
Produced by: Amir Harel, Ayelet Kait – Lama Films
Sponsored by: Gesher Foundation, Channel 8 Israel
Language: Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles

An invitation to embark on a magical journey into the filmmaker’s amusing life, this film is an amalgamation of reality and imagination.

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$ 29.90

Life in the Long Run

(Doc, 60 min. DVD, BETA, 2012 - New Release)

Directed by: Itay Landsberg-Nevo
Produced by: Aran Reilinger
Sponsored by: IBA Channel 1, Israel
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles

Cancer terrifies hundreds of millions all over the world. This is the story of a struggle. This impossible connection was made by two men. a year of rehabilitation, training and the challenges of both running a marathon and battling cancer.

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$ 29.90

Slightly, Seriously, Critically Injured

(Doc. 53 min. DVCAM/DVD , 2011)

Directed by: Amir Bar Shalom & Avital Ben Moshe
Written by: Ora Maymon-Pilewski
Sponsored by: IBA Israel Channel One
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles

A family’s life changed in a split second. An IDF elite commando unit set out on a routine mission and the life of a young soldier – and his whole family's reality is changed. A moving portrait of the world of a critically injured, 22 year old soldier at the most difficult moments.

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$ 29.90

Iraq N' Roll

(Doc, 52 min. miniDV/DVD, 2011)

Written and Directed by: Gili Gaon
Produced by: Dani Haimovich - Station Films Ltd.
Sponsored by: Israel Channel 2, Gesher Foundation, Avi Chai Foundation
Language: Hebrew & Arabic with English subtitles

In an attempt to bridge time, space and culture, Israeli rock musician Dudu Tassa takes on the original music of his grandfather who was one of the leading musicians in the early 20th century in Iraq. A grandson and the weight of history – a story about the power of music and its ability to heal a family’s pain.

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Who Shot My Father?

(Doc. 71 min. 2011, DVD/DVcam)

Written & Directed by: Liora Amir Barmatz
Produced by: Zvia Weizman, Aviva Stern
Sponsored by: IBA TV Channel 1, Israel
Languages: Hebrew and English with English subtitles

Israeli Air Force Attaché Colonel Joe Alon was assassinated near his Washington D.C. home in 1973. 38 years later, the case remains unsolved.

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$ 29.90

Homecoming

(Doc 58 min.,HD, DVD, 2011)

Directed by: Orna Ben Dor and Noa Maiman
Produced by: Noa Maiman - Added Value Productions N. M. Ltd.
Sponsored by: Channel 10, Israel, Makor Film Fund, Israel
Language: Hebrew, English, Spanish, French, Tagalog, Lingala with English subtitles

The quest for identity in modern Israel. Three children of foreign workers who were born in Israel travel to their parents' homelands as they seek out their roots and their own place in the world.

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$ 29.90

Longing

(Doc, 60 min. DVD/BETA , 2011)

Written and Directed by: Effi Banay
Produced by: Yehuda Bitton - Y. Bitton Productions
Sponsored by: The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, The Gesher Foundation & The Second Authority for Television & Radio, Zochrot Organization
Language: Hebrew, Farsi & Arabic with English subtitles

The journey of a man into the depths of his past and into the roots of his yearning for a place which was and is no more.

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$ 29.90

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